The Meghalaya High Court directed the NHAI to provide suitable vehicle to amicus curiae Panthi and to also pay him Rs 1000 as daily allowance. (File/Photo) The Meghalaya High Court directed the NHAI to provide suitable vehicle to amicus curiae Panthi and to also pay him Rs 1000 as daily allowance. (File/Photo)The Meghalaya High Court has expressed dissatisfaction with the National Highway Authority of India over its failure to repair a kilometre stretch of road at Umsning town in Ri-Bhoi district and directed the NHAI to complete the maintenance work at the earliest. Amicus curiae in the case, S Panthi, submitted that he had visited the site many times and the stretch of the highway continues to remain in bad or rather very bad shape. It also directed the NHAI to provide suitable vehicle to amicus curiae Panthi and to also pay him Rs 1000 as daily allowance.

Source: Indian Express October 25, 2017 09:45 UTC